#BADBED#BADBED

#BADBED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.043 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BADBED
RGB	rgb(186, 219, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(201, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -7.02, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 14.26, 240.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0265 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.043 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8631, 67.2146, 89.8713)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BADBED #EDCCBA

analogous

#BAEDE5 #BADBED #BAC1ED

triadic

#BADBED #EDBADB #DBEDBA

tetradic

#BADBED #E5BAED #EDCCBA #C1EDBA

square

#BADBED #E5BAED #EDCCBA #C1EDBA

split-complementary

#BADBED #EDBAC1 #EDE5BA

monochromatic

#59A8D4 #89C2E0 #BADBED #E7F2F9 #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BADBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#BADBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BADBED

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BADBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BADBED	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #badbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 219, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.043 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6f2',
    500: '#badbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #badbed;
$custom-light: #cfe6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#badbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8732,
    "c": 0.04291,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BADBED

secondary

#CA9B81

accent

#5A1FC6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFE

border

#D4D5D6

text

#141517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #BADBED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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